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Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro vs Poco F5

55 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro
VS
60 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F5
Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro
Xiaomi Poco F5

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G) that was released on February 6, 2023, against the Xiaomi Poco F5, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 and came out 4 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F5
  • 60% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1302K versus 813K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
  • 61% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1627 and 1009 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro and Poco F5 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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6 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
57.2
(Average)
Value Index
69.4
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco X5 Pro
vs
Poco F5

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 900 nits 1000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 86.7% 88.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 99.4%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco X5 Pro
911 nits
Poco F5 +5%
957 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.91 mm (6.41 inches) 161.11 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 76.03 mm (2.99 inches) 74.95 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 181 g (6.38 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Yellow White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco X5 Pro
86.7%
Poco F5 +3%
88.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F5
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Max clock 2400 MHz 2910 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.49 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache - 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 642L Adreno 725
GPU shading units 512 1024
GPU clock 550 MHz 580 MHz
FLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS ~1187.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F5
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco X5 Pro
1009
Poco F5 +61%
1627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco X5 Pro
2781
Poco F5 +50%
4184
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco X5 Pro
n/a
Poco F5
4119
Compute Score (GPU) - 4119
Single-core score 1009 1627
Multi-core score 2781 4184
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco X5 Pro
813720
Poco F5 +60%
1302969
CPU 317363 522997
GPU 98762 166455
Memory 175340 227236
UX 222345 386281
Total score 813720 1302969
Samples [15 tests] [35 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco X5 Pro
225
Poco F5 +170%
608
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 225 608
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Poco X5 Pro
681
Poco F5 +187%
1956
Stability 99% 85%
Graphics test 4 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 681 1956
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco X5 Pro
12246
Poco F5
n/a
Web score 10945 -
Video editing 6994 -
Photo editing 24463 -
Data manipulation 9642 -
Writing score 14285 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 -> VoidxEoAnTuTu 12887900
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (DJSanyaDance1995)AnTuTu 12907382
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (DJSanyaDance1995)AnTuTu 12907382
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (CarlosSM)AnTuTu 11839993
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-10 -> SynXAnTuTu 11820292
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Xiaomi Poco F5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Bers2409)AnTuTu 121442782
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (Rehan shaikh)AnTuTu 111318003
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (MobileEngineer Harway)AnTuTu 111304220
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (Koreia27)AnTuTu 111450376
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (emptyset0.00sec)CPU Throttle93%
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 31 GB 32 GB

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (82% in 30 min) Yes (83% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:50 hr 0:47 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:45 hr 09:04 hr
Watching video 13:29 hr 12:47 hr
Gaming 05:32 hr 05:49 hr
Standby 102 hr 95 hr
General battery life
Poco X5 Pro +3%
21:42 hr
Poco F5
21:08 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9024 9248 x 6936
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Sensor Samsung S5KHM2 OmniVision OV64B40
Sensor size 1/1.52" (β‰ˆ 0.66 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung S5K4H7 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor OmniVision 02B10 GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.5
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco X5 Pro
90.8 dB
Poco F5
90.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced February 2023 May 2023
Release date February 2023 May 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $300 $379
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max - Xiaomi Poco F7
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Yes, 67 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Poco F5 is definitely a better buy.

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